Growing up, many of us were inspired by heroes. Wonder Woman, She-Ra, the Powerpuff Girls\u2014these icons stood up for the voiceless and fought against overwhelming odds. They allowed us to believe that courage and justice could prevail, no matter the size of the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what happens when the villains are real<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Laila Mickelwait<\/strong>, the threats were no Doctor Poison, no Hordak, no Mojo Jojo. They were something far more insidious: a goliath in the form of the multi-billion-dollar porn industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver 10 years ago, I started to really notice that there was a trend where sex trafficking wasn\u2019t just happening offline in the dark alleys, in the brothels, in the places where you would imagine<\/em>,\u201d she shared in an interview with Kristina M\u04d3nd-Lakhiani on the Mindvalley Book Club. \u201cIt\u2019s being filmed and then uploaded online, monetized online, and living in perpetuity online<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laila couldn\u2019t look the other way. Armed with resilience, a deep sense of justice, and an unrelenting drive to protect the innocent, she took on an empire profiting from the exploitation of the vulnerable, specifically Pornhub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if there\u2019s one thing that her story proves, it\u2019s this: courage isn\u2019t reserved for heroes with a magic lasso or superpowers. It\u2019s something we can all channel to stand up for what matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Catch the entire interview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n